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Sir Julian Huxley: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born June 22, 1887 • London • England
Died February 14, 1975 (aged 87) • London • England
Notable Family Members brother Aldous Huxley
Subjects Of Study embryo • evolution • taxonomy • behavior

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Huxley, Thomas Henry
Thomas Henry Huxley
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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
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Sir John Graham Kerr
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
French biologist
Alfred Sherwood Romer, 1965
Alfred Sherwood Romer
American biologist
Mayr, Ernst
Ernst Mayr
American biologist
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C.H. Waddington
British embryologist
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Oka Asajirō
Japanese biologist
Portrait of British philosopher Herbert Spencer, shown with a receding hairline, long sideburns, and formal attire.
Herbert Spencer
British philosopher
British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist
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Ian Wilmut
British biologist
Bateson, William
William Bateson
British biologist
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Sir Gavin de Beer
British zoologist
Lankester, Edwin Ray
Sir Edwin Ray Lankester
British zoologist
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Cyril Dean Darlington
British biologist
Alfred North Whitehead
Alfred North Whitehead
British mathematician and philosopher
Martin Rees
Martin Rees
British cosmologist and astrophysicist
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Joseph Needham
British biochemist
Marble bust of Aristotle with a beard and draped robe, showing detailed facial features and wavy hair, set against a dark background.
Aristotle
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